Grizzly 399 symbolized our remaining wild and spectacular places. Her passing is a wake up call to protect grizzlies in the face of disappearing habitat, increased traffic, and shootings.

My oldest son once asked me how long the National Parks Traveler might continue? How many different stories could we generate, he wondered. "A lot," was my answer.

Yosemite's popular Mist Trail corridor is up for renovation and the park is soliciting your input.

A remarkable story of international collaboration and conservation is coming to a happy ending. With the help of a diverse group of partners and volunteers, a juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle found stranded in the Netherlands is returning to her home waters in the Gulf of Mexico in early November.